PART B$-$ How do public organizations learn?

$1.$ What is the research question?

Factors that influence turnover in state government employees

$2.$ What sample is used?

People working in state government were used in the sample.

$3.$ What is the number of respondents in this analysis?

A total of $62,628$ employees were surveyed in $53$ different state agencies resulting in $34,668$ usable responses. The response rate was $55\%.$

$4.$ What quantitative method was used to answer the research question?

Researchers rely on close$-$ended individual responses. The question structure emphasizes on group and only the mission orientation variable and demographic measures ask the respondents to refer to his or her individual situation.

$5.$ What are the independent and dependent variables?

The dependent variable is learning forums. Independent variables are information systems, adequacy of resources, mission orientation, decision flexibility, and learning forums.

$6.$ How are these variables measured? Use the code book for the article published on page $1105$ of the article.

All the theorical values are measured on a $1-5$ scale and index items have been converted to a $1-5$ scale.

$7.$ Specify the regression equation using the results from Table$1($with all theoretical and control variables$)$

Y $=\mathrm{.}843+(0\mathrm{.}147)$ information systems $+(0\mathrm{.}137)$ mission orientation $+(\mathrm{.}070)$ decision flexibility$+(0\mathrm{.}419)$ learning forums $+(0\mathrm{.}078)$ adequacy of resources

Y $=\mathrm{.}843+(0\mathrm{.}014)$ age$+(-0\mathrm{.}017)$ yrs with organization$+(0\mathrm{.}020)$ supervisor$+(-0\mathrm{.}015)$ education $+(0\mathrm{.}049)$ female$+(0\mathrm{.}017)$ minority

$8.$ Give your interpretation of the regression coefficients of the five theoretical variables $($effects$)$

$9.$ Explain why we can use the regression coefficients to intercept the relative strength of these effects $($no need for Betas$)$

$10.$ Give your interpretation of the regression coefficients of control variables.

$11.$ What are the practical implications of the research results